For the second consecutive day, U.S. Covid daily cases crossed the dreaded 100,000 mark. This is the fifth time this month alone the infection rate has soared above that level.
With 102,513 new cases reported on Thursday, the total number of people that have been infected with the killer bug in the country has risen to 82,325,714, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data.
With 363 Covid deaths, the total U.S. Covid casualties reached 999,128.
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